Donkey Kong

Yes we did! We finally found all levels of the original Donkey Kong game online. Most versions only have one level and it was exhausting to find this version. So here it is… the original of the Donkey Kong series and a favourite of arcade players everywhere. It introduced the world to both jumping games and Mario. In the game, Mario has to rescue Pauline from Donkey Kong who’s hurling barrels from above. The gameplay holds up well today and is great fun to play. Play all four levels of Donkey Kong for free here!

Donkey Kong

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56 Comments

Sorry this is not the original Donkey Kong game the second stage never had moving floors and the third stage is almost impossible to get past the fire ball
it even gets you going up the ladder while it comes down.

Actually it’s a lot closer to the original Donkey Kong than you think. Some versions swap levels 2 and 4 – it’s a bit confusing. This run through video of the original game shows the moving floors on level 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhFV5-qbbIw

This is not the original game in level 3, When the springs bounce it isnt supposed to make that sound that is the death sound and the fire balls are a lot harder to get pass and in level 2 you only have to climb to the top not up the ladder.

KC,
actually, I will say that what you call “Original” Donkey Kong is simply a difficulty setting. When it was first released, most arcade set the machine to “easy” which started with level 1, then went to an easy version of level 4 (where kong falls) then going back to 1, then level 2 and then level 4 again. If you got this far, the version on this website would be the actual sequence. Level 1 (although the blue barrel trajectory and velocity are different) then Level 2, then level 3 and then the hard level 8 with 8 fires.

The level with the moving floors is called the Pie Factory. In most versions of the arcade game, this was included as a level but only after you went through the other 3 types of levels two times each.

I recently added this game on my computer, now my husband is upset with me, b/c he says that all the advertisements and weird things popping up now are b/c of this download. Is this true? I want to make sure before reinstalling. I don’t want advertisements, etc. coming through. Of course, I want to make sure this site is “safe” too. Many thanks!

I would love to play some games but can’t find instructions for the controls ie jump. I don’t ever play games online so this is new to me.Also esc doesn’t work. I get stuck in full screen. I’m using firefox.

The typical controls are the cursor keys and space bar. Sometimes you must ‘click into’ an online game (one click) before the keys will register. Hope this helps. Which version of Firefox and on which platform (PC/Mac) are you having a problem?

FF 19 on PC. Now when I go to the game it isn’t letting me click on New Game, Continue or anything that is on the screen in order to play the game. When I click on any of the options it sends me back here.

Well I managed to get through all four platforms. The second one (with the moving floors) seems screwed… The right-hand side never seems to have any obstacles on it and you can go up to the top level and run ‘on the spot’ off the edge of the platform and avoid Kong indefinitely (i.e. until he goes back to the other side). Upon starting level 2 it seemed exactly the same as level 1 – i.e. no diagonal barrels. Anyway I’ve achieved my aim of passing the fourth platform so I’m retiring now! cheers y’all! Ty

Very nice, full screen but full of glitches, I had a fireball go up the right hand ladder on the converyor level and it continued right on up the screen and disappeared. I went through a fireball on a ladder, and had the same fireball come back over an open peg and get me. I also got nailed standing in the safe zone on top with the bouncing girders. I was king at Krazy Kong, with all its secrets!

This is not fair on the final level 3 fire creatures show up. Those creatures are way faster than you and follow. you also fall through the holes and die that never happened in the original. This isnt the original. The original had started off easy and didn’t start off at hard mode.